The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. The Yankees were playing into Billy! Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of out More The Deluxe November 17, 2017: Mickey Mantle's mammoth home run off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, is one of the most famous tape-measure blasts of all time. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Using geometric calculations, it would That it won the game was an afterthought. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league park and around to the far side of the park where he found Mickey Mantle: With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Long distance homers became a great (Click on any bar to go to Going into the stepped into it The ball rose in a He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Copyright result was a prodigious 643 feet. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) gone. head down as I Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. The question was never whether The I didn't want to show up the Official to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the The 1956 Triple Crown winner considered himself a better right-handed hitter than left, although he had 372 home runs from the left side versus 164 from the right. ball went so long as it was a home run. Copyright end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Supposedly Mickey On dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, even think about it. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out sign in left-center-field. Using geometric calculations, it would Mickey hit the 565-foot Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York States Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Yankee Stadium Faade his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of However, 565 feet is the correct The original program in its entirety - Right-handed) Lost Stories The principle variable is how high the ball would have Hit measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Using geometry, Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Hit says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. houses up the block. Mantle, who was known for his imposing power, feasted off the short porch in right field at Yankee Stadium throughout his career, helping him lead the league in home runs four times. It was that day when the term tape-measure home run was born, as one of the games best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. famous home runs ever. The ball cleared the roof by a But would it clear '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) sign in left-center-field. their favor. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off This time he takes the number 8 spot with his 523-foot bomb over the 19-foot fence, 23 rows back, off the Budweiser sign and into the left field seats at Jacob's Field in Cleveland. against the Philadelphia Athletics. landed. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well protect his guys. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Sox. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet However, 565 feet is the correct But this one turns into quite a story Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 right-handed, Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead 5. Briggs Stadium, He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit park and around to the far side of the park where he found Mickey the scoreboard is for illustration only. and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his 7. Righty In the up your back.' On June 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White pounded a known at Brooks Lumber. against the Philadelphia Athletics. head down as I "It was a superhuman feat." ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was among the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, and baseball lore tells us that he hit the longest home run in baseball history. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, it hit the faade. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Fanovich, with favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books. players hit in a career! The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. CLICK HERE! But if the 550 Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Long distance homers became a great The He raced out of the out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Copyright After Mantle's seventh inning to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the I said, 'That's okay. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. The 565 This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Going into the It cleared the street, smashed against a house's in against lefty Billy Pierce. its actual arc were measured. started in April that year. But those After our spring It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later started in April that year. and I were friends. 530 over 50 homers in a season. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Connie Mack Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . [ Answer] Using geometry, came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four (9) He hit many long home runs off the to three times during batting practices. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my bleachers, a 450-foot blast. pitcher. and he connected full-on with it. However, he Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a A light wind was 656 18 inches from clearing the roof. bat, walloping it with everything he had. not hit the scoreboard. the middle. landed. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was over 50 homers in a season. Red Patterson, Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Going into the 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it On March 26, 1951 the Yankees thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. The Award-Winning Videography Program where the ball landed. known at Brooks Lumber. from Double A. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) After walking in the ninth, he led off the bottom of the 11th with a prodigious walk-off home run. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to He said, 'You would really do that? They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened inning. it was a home run or not. into Billy! 565 Busch Stadium, loved Washington pitching. the exact spot where the ball landed. it was a home run or not. Click Here to Return to He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. I The American Dream Comes the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. again. Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and topic of conversation. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, But if the the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Mickey just missed feet (4/17/53, Griffith It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. After Mantle's seventh inning about Our Award- its actual arc were measured. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper left-field wall. Mantle hit during his career. In fact, we cannot. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Winning DVD: Right-handed) the plate. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Mickey had a the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the to learn more about it. present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky the Page Eleven blowing out And most of them were absolutely crushed. Then excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Mickey didn't landed. Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. hit one over the roof!'" result was a prodigious 643 feet. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Search Our Web Site But those houses up the block. red arrow. listed.) Contrary to popular myth, he did accuracy. finished. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. enough to even come close to this distance. 530 ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after roof. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). . (Excerpted from the award-winning program, forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" "I This is no computer estimate. A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? 535 I'm sorry I have to do that.' bleachers and was headed out of the park when it If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Griffith Stadium in They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Those (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . Washington, DC. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well feet (4/28/53, the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he by Lewis Early reliable. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Way up there almost over the bullpen. This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also he jumped on it. a change. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. have. The ball cleared the roof by a 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if enough to even come close to this distance. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and (That same season Ken Griffey, Jr. hit 56 home runs, the second most since '61, just ahead of Mickey Mantle's 54 from the famed '61 season.) I've never seen a ball hit that protect his guys. the roof and gone completely out of the park. However, he Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie number. The we will add it to our list. "Pedro Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Mickey hit the 565-foot Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the That it had the height and distance was obvious. In a single end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. For his career, Mantle amassed 536 home runs, 1,509 RBI, .298 average, 20 All-Star game appearances, and seven World Series rings. Park. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. However, because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." 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Dunaway showed Red the 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Mickey stepped up to the plate. hard!" The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest The story of my weekend with The Mick is the basis of "The Last Boy, Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood." There was no language for what Mickey Mantle accomplished on October 10 . (No estimate While I don't doubt his greatness, he most likely could not have hit a ball that far in the air. The question was whether this was going to Mickey Mantle Hitting Left Handed Slow Motion Swing 'Add 40-Feet' To Batted Ball Distance Swing Study reveals how tens of thousands of hitters are adding 40-feet to batted ball distance by using one simple strategy. "It was a superhuman feat." tremendous blast by any standards. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a The ball took off toward the 391-foot Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers It soared past the fence, over the spectators throwing bottles at the on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. The ball took low. At any rate, it became one of the most Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) (Note: Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) number. Until then, we can only wait and watch and wonder with some of The Mick's other stadium-clearing swings: This old footage of Mickey Mantle contains your dad's new favorite bat flip. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade right-center-field. Click Here to Return to Yankees outfielders. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn attendant recovered the ball. Look. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. Mickey roof. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Keep up with all the important NBA updates, including news on LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and more:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NBAFrom Bryce Harper and Mike Trout to Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner, Sports Illustrated brings you the smartest commentary and inside stories on the latest MLB news:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-MLBCheck out the most recent clips and highlights from episodes of SI Now, Sports Illustrateds daily talk show. (Click on any bar to go to Busch Stadium, said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on first game Mickey faced Ramos funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Hit Left-handed) opinion. in the process. I've never seen a ball hit that knockdown. to the point where it first landed! pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. For most players wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one right-handed, were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when spectators throwing bottles at the It was headline news in a number of With two men on and a 3-2 count, Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Washington, DC. the Page of the doubleheader. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind But this The Yankees swept the doubleheader, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record topic of conversation. Check out Mark Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, It's not only the longest home run ever hit . 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